Vitamin immunostimulation

Enhancing the overall resistivity of the body is observed upon treatment with a number of known drugs immunostimulants (caffeine, phenamine, methyluracil), vitamins (retinol, ascorbic acid, vitamins of group B), nucleic acid derivatives, and also drugs of natural or genetically engineered origin made specifically for this purpose. 

Immunostimulant activity. Fresh plant juice, in the ration of female mice, was active in ovalbumin-sensitized mice . Water extract of the dried root, taken orally by human adults, was active. A pharmaceutical solution containing fruit bodies of Tremella fuciformis, Daucus carom root, Astragalus mongholicus root and Zizyphus jujuba fruits, honey, vitamin A palmitate, zinc sulfate, and vitamin C is claimed useful as an immunostimulant for controlling AIDS, cancer, and infections L Inotropic effect (negative). Ethanol (80%) extract of the aerial parts, at a concentration of 0.3 mg/mL, was active on the guinea pig atrium . 

Bifidobacteria and lactobacilli are considered to be beneficial bacteria. They positively influence the host and are associated with immunostimulation, improved digestion, and absorption, syntheses of vitamins, inhibiting the growth of potential pathogens, reducing cholesterol, and lowering gas production. These bacteria are classified as probiotic [ 10] and as they are indigenous to the host they can be selectively promoted by the consumption of prebiotics. 

Anderson, R., 1981a, Ascorbic acid and immune functions Mechanism of immunostimulation, in Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) (J. N. Counsell and D. H. Homig, eds.), pp. 249-272, Applied Science, London. 

Anderson, R., Smit, M. J., Joone, G. K., and Van Staden, D. M., 1990, Vitamin C and cellular immune functions Protection against hypochlorous acid-mediated inactivation of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and ATP generation in human leucocyte immunostimulation, Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 587 34-48. 

Retinoids and the Immune System Immunostimulation by Vitamin A Gunther Dennert... 

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